Senesi 27
1 Pea naʻe hoko ʻo pehē, ʻi heʻene motuʻa ʻa ʻAisake, pea kuo kui hono mata, pea naʻe ʻikai te ne faʻa sio, naʻa ne ui ki hono ʻuluaki foha ko ʻIsoa, ʻo ne pehē kiate ia, Ko hoku foha: pea ne pehē kiate ia, Vakai, ko au eni.
When Isaac was old, he became almost blind. One day he summoned Esau, his firstborn/older son,
2 Pea pehē ʻe ia, “Vakai mai, kuo u motuʻa, pea ʻoku ʻikai te u ʻilo ʻae ʻaho ʻo ʻeku mate.
and said to him, “My son?” Esau replied, “Here I am!”
3 Pea ko eni, ʻoku ou kole kiate koe, ke ke toʻo hoʻo nāunau, ʻa hoʻo tangakaho, mo hoʻo kaufana, pea ke ʻalu ki he vao mo ke kumi maʻaku ha manu.
Isaac said, “Listen to me. I am very old, and I do not know when I will die. So now take your bow and quiver full of arrows and go out into the countryside, and hunt for a wild animal for me.
4 Pea ke ngaohi maʻaku ha meʻakai ifo lelei, ʻo hangē ko ʻeku manako, pea ke ʻomi ia kiate au ke u kai; koeʻuhi ke tāpuaki koe ʻe hoku laumālie, ʻi he teʻeki ai teu mate.”
Kill one and prepare the kind of tasty meat that I like. Then bring it to me so that after I eat it, I can give you a blessing before I die.”
5 Pea naʻe fanongo ʻa Lepeka ki he lea ʻa ʻAisake ki hono foha ko ʻIsoa. Pea naʻe ʻalu ʻa ʻIsoa ki he vao ke kumi ha manu mo ʻomi ia.
Rebekah was listening as Isaac said that to his son, Esau. So when Esau left the tent to go to the countryside to hunt for a wild animal in order to kill it and bring it back,
6 Pea lea ʻa Lepeka ki heʻene tama ko Sēkope, ʻo pehē, “Vakai mai, naʻaku fanongo naʻe lea hoʻo tamai ki ho tokoua ko ʻIsoa, ʻo pehē,
Rebekah said to her son, Jacob, “Listen to me. I heard your father talking to your brother, Esau, saying,
7 ‘Omi maʻaku ha manu, mo ngaohi maʻaku ʻae meʻakai lelei, koeʻuhi ke u kai ia, mo tāpuaki koe ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova, ʻi he teʻeki ai teu mate.’
‘Go and kill some wild animal and bring it here, and prepare the meat in a tasty way, so that I may eat it, and then before I die I can give you my blessing while Yahweh is listening.’
8 Pea ko eni, ʻeku tama, Ke ke talangofua ki hoku leʻo, ʻo hangē ko ia te u fekau kiate koe.
So now, my son, do what I am telling you.
9 ʻAlu leva ki he fanga kosi, mo ke ʻomi mei ai ʻae ongo ʻuhikiʻi kosi lelei ʻe ua: pea te u ngaohi ʻaki ia ki hoʻo tamai, ʻae meʻakai lelei, ʻo hangē ko ʻene manako.
Go out to the flock and [kill] two nice young goats and bring [the meat] to me. Then I will prepare some tasty food for your father, the way he likes it.
10 Pea te ke ʻave ia ki hoʻo tamai, koeʻuhi ke ne kai, pea koeʻuhi ke ne tāpuaki koe ʻi he teʻeki ai te ne pekia.”
Then you can take it to your father, in order that he can eat it, and then, before he dies, he will give his blessing to you, [and not to your older brother].”
11 Pea naʻe pehēange ʻe Sēkope ki heʻene faʻē ko Lepeka, “Vakai mai, ko e tangata fulufulu ʻa ʻIsoa ko hoku tokoua, pea ko e tangata molemole au.
But Jacob said to his mother Rebekah, “But my brother Esau’s skin has hair all over it, and my skin is not like that! My skin is smooth!
12 E ala nai ʻe heʻeku tamai kiate au, pea te u hā atu kiate ia ko e kākā; pea te u ʻomi kiate au ha malaʻia, kae ʻikai ha tāpuaki.”
What will happen if my father touches me? He will realize that I am tricking him, and as a result (I will be cursed/he will say that God will do bad things to) me, not a blessing!”
13 Pea pehēange ʻe heʻene faʻē kiate ia, “Ko ʻeku tama, ke ʻiate au pe ho malaʻia, ka ke tui pe ki hoku leʻo pea ke ʻalu ʻo ʻomi ia kiate au.”
His mother replied, “If that happens, let the curse be on me. You do what I am telling you. Go and get the goats for me!”
14 Pea naʻe ʻalu ia ō fetuku mo ʻomi ia ki heʻene faʻē; pea ngaohi ai ʻe heʻene faʻē ʻae meʻakai lelei, ʻo hangē ko e manako ʻa ʻene tamai.
So Jacob went and killed two goats and brought them to his mother. Then [with the meat] his mother prepared some tasty food, just the way his father liked.
15 Pea toʻo ʻe Lepeka ʻae ngaahi kofu lelei ʻo ʻene ʻuluaki tama ko ʻIsoa, ʻaia naʻe ʻiate ia ʻi he fale, pea ne ai ia ki heʻene tama ki mui ko Sēkope.
Then Rebekah took her older son Esau’s clothes that were with her in the tent, and she put them on her younger son Jacob.
16 Pea ne ai ʻae kiliʻi kosi ki hono nima mo e [potu ]molemole ʻo hono kia.
She also put the skins of the young goats on his hands and the smooth part of his neck.
17 Pea ne ʻatu ʻae meʻakai lelei, mo e mā kuo ne ngaohi, ki he nima ʻo ʻene tama ko Sēkope.
Then she handed him some bread and the tasty food that she had prepared.
18 Pea naʻe ʻalu ia ki heʻene tamai, ʻo ne pehē, “Ko ʻeku tamai;” pea pehē ʻe ia, “Ko au eni; ka ko hai koe hoku foha?”
Jacob took it to his father and said, “My father!” Isaac replied, “I’m here; which of my sons are you?”
19 Pea pehē ʻe Sēkope ki heʻene tamai, “Ko au ʻIsoa, ko ho ʻuluaki; kuo u fai ʻo hangē ko hoʻo fekau kiate au; pea ʻoku ou kole kiate koe, ke ke tuʻu hake, pea ke nofo ʻo kai mei heʻeku manu, koeʻuhi ke ke tāpuaki au.”
Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau, your firstborn son. I did what you told me to do. Sit up and eat some of the meat so that you can then bless me.”
20 Pea pehēange ʻe ʻAisake ki hono foha, “Hoku foha naʻe fēfeeʻi hao maʻu vave pehē mai ia?” Pea ne pehē kiate ia, “Koeʻuhi naʻe ʻomi ia kiate au ʻe Sihova ko ho ʻOtua.”
But Isaac asked his son, “My son, how is it that you were able to find and kill an animal so quickly?” Jacob replied, “Because Yahweh, whom you worship, enabled me to be successful.”
21 Pea pehē ʻe ʻAisake kia Sēkope, “Ko hoku foha ʻoku ou kole ke ke ʻunuʻunu mai, koeʻuhi ke u ala kiate koe ke u ʻilo pe ko hoku foha ko ʻIsoa moʻoni koe, pe ʻikai.”
Isaac said to Jacob, “Come near to me, my son, so that I can touch you and determine whether you are really my son Esau.”
22 Pea ʻunuʻunu atu ʻa Sēkope ki heʻene tamai ko ʻAisake; pea ne fāfā ia ʻo ne pehē, ‘Ko e leʻo, ko e leʻo ʻo Sēkope, ka ko e nima ko e nima ʻo ʻIsoa.”
So Jacob went close to him. Isaac. Isaac touched him and said, “Your voice sounds like Jacob, but your hands feel hairy, like the hands of your older brother, Esau.”
23 Pea naʻe ʻikai te ne ʻilo ia, koeʻuhi naʻe fulufulu hono nima, ʻo hangē ko e nima ʻo hono taʻokete, ko ʻIsoa: pea naʻa ne tāpuaki ia;
Isaac did not recognize Jacob, [because he was blind] and because Jacob’s hands were now hairy, like those of his older brother, Esau. So Isaac prepared to bless Jacob.
24 Pea pehē ʻe ia, “Ko hoku foha ko ʻIsoa moʻoni koe?” Pea pehēange ʻe ia, “Ko au ia.”
But first Isaac asked, “Are you really my son Esau?” Jacob replied, “Yes, I am.”
25 Pea pehē ʻe ia, “Omi ke ofi ia kiate au, pea te u kai ʻae kanoʻi manu ʻa hoku foha, koeʻuhi ke tāpuaki koe ʻe hoku laumālie.” Pea ne ʻomi ia ʻo ofi kiate ia, pea ne kai ai: pea ne ʻomi kiate ia ʻae uaine, pea ne inu ai.
Isaac said, “My son, bring me some of the meat that you have cooked, so that I may eat it and then give you my blessing.” So Jacob brought him some, and he ate it. Jacob also brought him some wine, and he drank it.
26 Pea pehē ʻe heʻene tamai ko ʻAisake kiate ia; “Ko hoku foha ke ke ʻunuʻunu mai, ʻo uma kiate au.”
Then Isaac said to him, “My son, come here and kiss me.”
27 Pea ʻunuʻunu atu ia, pea uma kiate ia; pea ne nanamu ki he nanamu ʻo hono ngaahi kofu, ʻo ne tāpuaki ia, ʻo pehē, “Vakai, ko e nanamu ʻo hoku foha, ʻoku tatau mo e nanamu ʻoe ngoue kuo tāpuakiʻi ʻe Sihova:
So Jacob came close to him, and his father kissed him on the cheek. Isaac smelled the clothes Jacob was wearing. They smelled like Esau’s clothes. So he said, “Truly, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that Yahweh has blessed.
28 Ko ia ke foaki kiate koe ʻe he ʻOtua ʻae hahau mei langi, mo e mahu ʻoe kelekele, pea mo e koane, mo e uaine, ʻo lahi:
I ask that God will send down to you dew from heaven [to water your fields], and cause you to have abundant crops, good harvests of grain, and grapes for wine.
29 Ke tauhi koe ʻe he ngaahi kakai, pea ke punou ʻae ngaahi puleʻanga kiate koe; ke ke ʻeiki koe ki ho kāinga, pea ke punou ʻae ngaahi tama ʻa hoʻo faʻē kiate koe; ke malaʻia ia te ne kapeʻi koe, pea ke monūʻia ia ʻoku ne tāpuakiʻi koe.”
I ask that people of many nations will serve you and bow down to you. I ask that you will rule over your brothers, and that your mother’s descendants will also bow down to you. I ask that God will curse/punish those who (curse you/ask God to do bad things to you), and bless those who bless you.”
30 Pea pehē, kuo hili ʻae tāpuaki ʻe ʻAisake ʻa Sēkope, pea naʻe teʻeki ke meimei ʻalu ia mei he ʻao ʻo ʻene tamai ko ʻAisake, mo ʻene haʻu ʻa hono taʻokete ko ʻIsoa, mei heʻene tuli manu.
After Isaac finished blessing Jacob, Jacob was just leaving the room where his father was, when his older brother, Esau, returned from hunting.
31 Pea kuo ngaohi ʻe ia foki ʻae meʻakai ifo lelei, pea ne ʻomi ia ki heʻene tamai, pea pehē ʻe ia ki heʻene tamai, “Ke tuʻu hake ʻeku tamai, mo kai ʻae kanoʻi manu ʻa hono foha, pea ke tāpuaki au ʻe ho laumālie.”
Esau cooked some tasty meat and brought it to his father. He said to his father, “My father, please sit up and eat some of the meat that I have cooked, so that you can then give me your blessing!”
32 Pea pehēange ʻe heʻene tamai ko ʻAisake kiate ia, “Ko hai koe?” Pea talaange ʻe ia, “Ko au, ko ho foha, ko ho ʻuluaki ko ʻIsoa.”
His father, Isaac, said to him, “Who are you?” He answered, “I am Esau, your firstborn son!”
33 Pea tetetete lahi ʻaupito ʻa ʻAisake, ʻo ne pehē, “Ko hai? Kofaʻā ia naʻa ne maʻu ʻae kanoʻi manu, ʻo ʻomi kiate au, pea naʻaku kai ʻi he meʻa kotoa pē, pea naʻaku tāpuaki ia ʻi he teʻeki ai te ke haʻu koe? ʻIo pea ko e moʻoni ʻe monūʻia ia.”
Then Isaac, realizing that it was not Esau who had come earlier, trembled very violently. He said, “Then who is it that brought me some meat from an animal that he had hunted and killed, and I ate it all? He was here just before you came. I blessed him, and I cannot (take back that blessing/declare that those things will not happen to him).”
34 Pea kuo fanongo ʻa ʻIsoa ki he ngaahi lea ʻa ʻene tamai, pea tangi ia ʻi he leʻo lahi mo fakamamahi, ʻo ne pehē ki heʻene tamai, “Ke ke tāpuaki au, ʻio, ko au foki, ʻa ʻeku Tamai.”
When Esau heard those words of his father, he cried loudly. He was very disappointed. He said to his father, “My father, bless me, too!”
35 Pea pehēange ʻe ia, “Naʻe haʻu ʻa ho tehina ʻi he kākā, pea kuo ne faʻao ʻo ʻave ʻa ho tāpuaki.”
But his father said, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing!”
36 Pea pehē ʻe ia, “ʻIkai kuo totonu ʻae fakahingoa ia ko Sēkope? He kuo tuʻo ua ʻene muʻakiʻi au: naʻa ne toʻo ʻo ʻave ʻae lelei ʻoe taʻokete ʻiate au; pea ko eni kuo ne toʻo hoku tāpuaki. Pea pehē ʻe ia, “Kuo ʻikai ha tāpuaki te ke tuku maʻaku?”
Esau said, “It is right [RHQ] that his name is Jacob, which means ‘cheat,’ because he deceived me two times. The first time he took my rights from being his firstborn son, and this time he took my blessing!” Then he asked, “Do you not have any blessing left for me?”
37 Pea talaange ʻe ʻAisake kia ʻIsoa, ʻo ne pehē; “Vakai mai, kuo u ngaohi ia ko hoʻo ʻeiki, pea ko hono ngaahi kāinga kuo u foaki kiate ia ko ʻene kau tamaioʻeiki: pea kuo u tokoni ʻaki ia ʻae koane mo e uaine: pea ko eni, ko e hā te u fai kiate koe hoku foha?”
Isaac answered and said to Esau, “I have declared that your younger brother will rule over you, and declared that all his relatives will serve him. And I have said that God will give him plenty of grain and grapes for wine. So, my son, (what can I do for you?/There is nothing more that I can do for you!)” [RHQ]
38 Pea pehēange ʻe ʻIsoa ki heʻene tamai, “He ʻoku taha pe hoʻo tāpuaki ʻa ʻeku tamai? Ke ke tāpuaki au, ʻio, ko au foki ʻa ʻeku tamai. Pea hiki hake ʻe ʻIsoa hono leʻo, pea tangi.”
Esau said to his father, “My father, do you have only one blessing? My father, bless me, too!” Then Esau cried very loudly.
39 Pea pehēange ʻe heʻene tamai ko ʻAisake kiate ia, “Vakai, ko ho nofoʻanga ʻe ʻi he lelei ʻoe kelekele, pea mo e hahau ʻoe langi mei ʻolunga.
His father Isaac answered and said to him, “The place where you will live will be far from the fertile soil and from the dew that God sends from heaven [to water the fields].
40 Pea te ke moʻui ʻi hoʻo heletā, pea te ke tauhi ʻa ho tehina; pea ʻe hoko, ʻo pehē, ʻoka ke ka hoko ki he pule, te ke toki fesiʻi hono haʻamonga mei ho kia.”
You will [rob and] kill people [MTY] in order to [get what you need to] live, and you will be as though you are your brother’s slave. But when you decide to rebel against him, you will (free yourself from/no longer be under) his control.”
41 Pea naʻe fehiʻa ʻa ʻIsoa kia Sēkope, koeʻuhi ko e tāpuaki naʻe tāpuaki ʻaki ia ʻe heʻene tamai; pea pehē ʻe ʻIsoa ʻi hono loto, Ko eni kuo ofi ʻae ngaahi ʻaho ke tēngihia ʻa ʻeku tamai, pea te u toki tāmateʻi hoku tehina ko Sēkope.
So, because his father had given a blessing to Jacob, and not to him, Esau hated his younger brother. Esau thought to himself, “After my father dies and we finish mourning for him, I will kill Jacob!”
42 Pea naʻe fakahā kia Lepeka ʻae ngaahi lea ʻa ʻene ʻuluaki tama ko ʻIsoa: pea fekau ia ke ui ʻa ʻene tama ki mui ko Sēkope ʻo ne pehē kiate ia, “Vakai, ko ho taʻokete ko ʻIsoa, ʻoku ne fakafiemālieʻi ia, ʻi heʻene pehē, ke ne tāmateʻi koe.
But Rebekah found out what her older son, Esau, was thinking. So she summoned her younger son, Jacob, and said to him, “Listen to me. Your older brother, Esau, is [comforting himself by] planning to kill you, to get revenge because of your deceiving your father.
43 Pea ko eni ʻeku tama, ke ke muitala ki hoku leʻo; pea ke tuʻu ʻo hola ki hoku tuongaʻane ko Lepani, ʻi Halani;
So now, my son, listen carefully to what I am telling you. Escape quickly and go and stay with my brother Laban, in Haran [town].
44 Pea ke nofo mo ia ʻi he ʻaho niʻihi, ke ʻoua ke ʻosi ʻae ʻita ʻa ho taʻokete.
Stay with him a while, until your older brother is no longer angry.
45 Ke ʻoua ke afe ʻae ʻita ʻa ho taʻokete meiate koe, pea ʻe ngalo ʻiate ia, ʻaia kuo ke fai kiate ia; pea te u toki fekau ʻo ʻomi koe mei ai: he koeʻumaʻā ʻeku masiva ʻiate kimoua ʻosi pe, ʻi he ʻaho pe taha?”
When he forgets what you did to him, I will send a message to you, to tell you to return from there. If Esau kills you, [others will kill him, and] then both my sons would die at the same time!” [RHQ]
46 Pea pehē ʻe Lepeka kia ʻAisake, “Kuo u fiu ʻi heʻeku moʻui, koeʻuhi ko e ngaahi ʻofefine ʻo Heti; he kapau ʻe fili ʻe Sēkope ha uaifi ʻi he ngaahi ʻofefine ʻo Heti, ʻo hangē ko kinautolu ni ʻae ngaahi ʻofefine ʻoe fonua, ko e hā hono ʻaonga ʻo ʻeku moʻui kiate au?”
Rebekah also said to Isaac, “These [foreign] women whom Esau has married, who are descendants of Heth, are making my life miserable. I would prefer to die than to see Jacob marry a woman from the descendants of Heth in this area!”
